AN EXPERTS OPINIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1906, Page 11

AN EXPERTS OPINIONS.

An expert in physical culture is said to have affirmed that woman's looks depend to a great extent on her daily occupation. ■ No matter how good looking or plain ono may be naturally, one's daily occupation or task determines one's appearance. Dressmaking, for example, (says a Melbourne paper) is said to ruin the figure because of tho enforced stooping ; long hours spent indoors cause sallowness of the complexion, and often develop anaemia. A factory girl suffers from much in that way, but if she has to move about, or if her arms are employed at work above the level of her shoulders, her figure is often of the best. The duties of a housemaid are bad for the hands, and dust dulls the hair ; but as a rule housemaids have good physique. Cooks are apt to lose their complexions through being continually near the fire, and it is said that cooking affects the temper, and this is injurious to the appearance. Bad temper is bound to reveal itself on tho face sooner or later. The occupation of a laundress has bad effects on her hands, owing to their constant immersion in ■water, bnt tho steamy atmosphere improves tho skin wonderfully. Office work is bad for women as far as their looks go, but much depends on tho conditions under which they work. Artificially lighted and badly-ventilated rooms will ruin tho best skin, and stooping at a desk or table promotes round shoulders. The shop assistant is supposed to loso her figure and enlarge her feet by incessant standing ; but this is counterbalanced by her occupation inducing a pleasant manner and a knowledge of how to make the best of one's appearance. This last consideration applies also to the tea-room girl. Continuous strain on the nurse's nerves and her responsibilities are supposed to age her rapidly and produce wrinkles ; but the regularity of her life enables her to keep her complexion fresh, and hospital nurses, as a rule, have splendid hair.